Me and my mom lived on the street.

我和妈妈居住的地方临着马路。

I loved to pick flowers.

我喜欢采花儿。

One day I was walking to the retail¹ store²

一天我步行去零售店

and I saw³ a a bright blue flower with a little purple⁴.

我看到一朵花儿，花瓣是纯净的蓝色，还带一点点紫色So as I always do, I picked⁵ it.

一如往常，我摘下了这朵花

I went home and showed it to my mom.

我回家，把它给妈妈看

That night I slept with the flower

那天晚上，我把那朵花放在床头陪我入眠

because it gave⁶ me this good feeling⁷ inside⁸.

因为它让我内心感受到了美好

I always wished before bed

入睡前我总会许愿

that one day we would⁹ live in a nice big family house,希望有一天，我们会住在好看的大房子里

my mom would find a dad,

希望我妈妈给我找个新爸爸

we would have a dog, 2 nice cars, a little sister,希望家里有一只小狗，有两年私家车，还有一个小妹妹and that we would have a good amount¹⁰ of money.

希望我们会有一大笔钱

That night when I wished, the flower lit up into a very bright light.

那天晚上，我许完愿的时候，那朵花突然开始发光，变成了一个明亮的光团The next day i went to my mom crying.

第二天，我听到妈妈在哭泣，赶忙跑过去

I asked her what was wrong and she said¹¹ nothing,我问她发生了什么事，她说没什么

she just got¹² a paycheck and it is worth¹³ 300,000 dollars.

她刚收到一份工资支票，30万美元！

That's enough to buy a house I thought¹⁴.

这么多钱，够买一幢大房子了吧，我想

Then I thought of the flower.

然后我想到了那朵花儿

It had¹⁵ to be.

一定是因为它

Three weeks later¹⁶ we moved in to a big house

三个星期后，我们搬到了一所大房子里

and we had a little goldendoodle .

我们还养了一只可卡布犬

I kept the flower in a vase¹⁷ on my desk just in case.

我把那朵花放进花瓶，就摆在我的书桌上，以备日后之